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churchy

[chur-chee] / ˈtʃɜr tʃi /


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“Expensive, elevated and fresh. It’s not churchy, which is my biggest issue with incense.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Never preachy or too churchy — sometimes God is never mentioned.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

That is why NAR apostles and prophets sometimes stay on the down-low — by foregoing churchy garb and open use of their titles, for instance.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2023

The Word of the Future is a neural network that made all that — not the pews, and not the projector, but all the churchy media you see and hear.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2021

I am suddenly self-conscious in my prim blouse and modest skirt, my sensible shoes and churchy earrings.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

In retrospect, in the churchier precincts of the memory, the election of 1960 has, for some, a numinous glow.

From Time Magazine Archive

By Ruth GrahamPosted Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at 9:05 AM ET New England used to be one of the churchiest places in America.

From Slate Nov. 27, 2012

They are, as one may say, the churchiest churches in Europe—the fullest of gathered memories, of the experience of their office.

From Italian Hours by Henry James

She isn't rich, either, but poor as the churchiest mouse!

From Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe




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